Brian Concannon - Experienced engineer/programmer

Colonial Beach, VA 22443

adobab@r.postjobfree.com

262-***-****

My classified programmer position puts me in an impossible position because I cannot get the simple programming tools that I need, so I want a new assignment.

Website: www.fortranguru.com

Work Experience

Senior Software Engineer

Parsons International

Feb 2021 to Present

Classified project details cannot be revealed. Involved Fortran, Matlab, VB.net, and Visual Studio. Received secret CAC clearance and SIPR card.

Mechatronics Engineer - Contract

Randstad Engineering – for Gardner Denver, Quincy, IL

May 2020 to Dec 2020

Ported complex Matlab application from R2014b to app designer R2020a. Selected embedded controller for future generation of fast positioning controller. Assembled and disassembled high speed magnetic bearing controller for 60,000 rpm air compressors.

Contract Engineer

Peer Technical Services – for Kohler Engines, Kohler, WI

August 2019 to 1/31/20

Used Matlab and Simulink to load gasoline engine component control models into Arduino computers using Simulink Coder translation to C++. Programmed automotive CAN bus unlocker for Delphi ECU's using Python and C and C++ in Raspberry Pi computers. 0Performed and reported various lab tests related to EFI and charging system and starter motors. Wrote design guide for other engineers related to starter motor design. Used Matlab App Designer to create user interfaces to instrumentation and inhouse test controllers.

Founder – 123CAD, LLC Evansville, IN,

May 2015-August 2019

Developed and sold software to turn Excel into a CAD program. Ported legacy induction motor design software from old DOS Fortran code to modern Windows Fortran code with a new graphical user interface using VB.net and Visual C++.

Principal Engineer

Electric Machines Design, Flanders Electric - Evansville, IN

October 2013 to May 2015

Designed and developed synchronous motors, dc motors, and induction motors in the range of 100 hp to 10,000 hp. Created equipment test programs and methods. Position was eliminated 9/1/15.

Power Electronics Engineer

Electric Machines Design, Flanders Electric - Evansville, IN

May 2011 to October 2013

Designed and developed water-cooled single phase controlled rectifier and controls and software for 300V 300 Amp dc alternator field static exciter. This included SCR gate drive electronics design and PWM controls to the gates, from schematic generation using Orca, to board procurement, embedded TMS software creation from scratch, CAN bus interfacing to controls, and development and successful implementation of the product. Modeled power electronics using Matlab and Simulink. Developed motor and alternator test procedures.

Design Engineer General Motors Corporation - LaGrange, IL

September 1985 to September 1998

Served as concept designer of maglev vehicle propulsion and auxiliary power systems.

Designed rotary transformer. Developed multi-machine test arrangements to provide various levels of dc and ac power at various voltages and frequencies. Participated in evaluation of manufacturing of cryogenic SSC magnets (Superconducting Supercollider, a $6B proposal that the DOE started and later cancelled). Invented cartridge type brush holder to reduce dc motor maintenance difficulties. Developed ac motor test facilities. Installed 1500 kilowatt inverter for testing and performed required controllability tests. Supervised many co-op students. Developed thermal models of dc and ac traction motors. Analyzed magnetic pull problems in single-bearing cantilevered motors. Setup high speed cycling tests for motors. Further developed train simulation software to the point where no locomotive sale would be made without first running its data through the simulator.

Served as a respected technical resource for many projects, was matrixed into virtually all important projects in the engineering department.

Older Contract Engineer Positions - Many companies

May 1990 to 1998

Lead engineering team to design battery-fed alternator cranking of a 4500 hp diesel engine, including dc/dc battery boost converter. Developed finite element analysis software for electromagnetic analysis of unusual apparatus. Improved software models of motor thermal performance using Matlab and Simulink. Developed software test plan (STP) and software test descriptions (STD's) per MIL-498 for control software of a power controller in a military vehicle upgrade. Interfaced to software system requirements via DOORS software for card level, test stand level and vehicle levels. Visited client many times to coordinate system requirements and generation of test plans and descriptions. Scripted test procedures for technicians per test descriptions, including testing for all known messages on all vehicle CAN buses. Ran and qualified software in systems integration lab at card test fixture level (manual tests) and automatic test stand level. Developed macro-based tools for Excel and Word to make real time charting and automated documentation possible. Developed Systems Integration Lab. Conferred with individual software engineers to smooth out C code insufficiencies. Developed consumer electrical products related to air care and cleaning. Authored data acquisition applications. Ran statistical analyses and simulations of consumer tests. Developed embedded software for snowplow controllers. Used C programming to PWM valve coils to accomplish proportional control for hydraulic devices via CAN bus control (J1939). Worked on various aspects of the development of 160 hp liquid cooled regenerative variable speed drives. Provided support in the areas of component testing, system modeling, permanent magnet motor analysis, and electromagnetic compatibility modeling and testing per MIL-STD-461E and SAE J551/4. Analyzed electromagnetic compatibility issues of converters and inverters by modeling and testing. Provided guidance for variable speed drive designs with permanent magnet motors and asynchronous motors. Simulated performance of OEM variable speed drives and systems.

Lived aboard a navy aircraft carrier in port and at sea under NCPACE educational program, for one semester. Taught various levels of college algebra to sailors and noncommissioned officers enrolled in a degree-seeking curriculum.

Older Part Time and Consulting Many Employers

May 1988 to 1990

Taught evening course about Matlab programming for one semester pre-engineering students, three credit hours. Developed and sold software to turn Excel into a CAD program. Ported legacy induction motor design software from old DOS Fortran code to modern Windows Fortran code with a new graphical user interface. Provided technical services to various clients. Maintained and developed train simulation software and assisted with train simulations over a 17 year period via contract agency Sterling Engineering. Researched and reported on various topics in RFID (radio frequency identification). Performed site analyses at customer plants to determine recommended RFID equipment and systems integration plans. Compiled manufacturers' web pages into RFID product databases on CD-ROM's for widespread distribution. Designed and developed 433 MHz electronic home detention receiver module for interface to GPS capable cell phones (designed electronic circuits and printed circuit boards, programmed embedded PIC microcontroller in C and Basic and assembler including ISR's). Setup and validated RFID systems for remote sensing of product flow in industrial buildings (including software development for processing received data, selecting and arranging antennas and readers, installation of supports, range testing, and network connections). Developed financial data conversion software using Visual Foxpro, Visual Basic, Microsoft Access, SQL, and other tools (developed bridge software between data provided in various formats by banks, across to SQL databases). Developed PC based training videos. Developed battery monitoring and equalization concepts and proposals for a battery powered locomotive for a major U.S. railroad in consort with D.I. Scott Consulting. Advised Ethihad Railroad Company in Abu Dhabi, UAE, in the Middle East, regarding railroad planning matters via the local firm Askaris Information Technology in Dubai. Ported in-house Fortran software from mainframe (MVS), Unix, and VAX computers to PC platforms. Developed Visual Basic interfaces for ported software. Maintained internal FORTRAN software packages developed by others. Programmed applications for various Microsoft Office products. Supported users of highly scientific commercial software packages. Taught evening electrical engineering courses for ten years, including circuits, electromagnetics, electrical machines (including lab), power systems I and II, load flow, simulation using Matlab, computer technology, survey courses, and electronics. Some courses involved teaching Matlab. Twice received the Alva C. Todd professorship for excellence in teaching by a faculty member based in industry. Conceptually designed electric propulsion system for drag tests (a cart having linear synchronous motors and lift and guidance magnets of my design propelled an airplane scale model in a long cryogenic tunnel. Used Matlab and Simulink, and finite element analysis of magnetic fields, to design the cryogenic motors and magnets). Designed a future product powered by fuel cells (3 megawatt PEM fuel cell propulsion system, including study of controllability and power converter configurations) Co-chaired industry/government committee to author the "Railroad Technology R & D Roadmap" for the US Department of Energy, submitted to Congress. Witnessed testing of drive/motor/compressor systems for the Department of Energy. Served as technical advisor to DOE technical managers on various fuel cell development projects of an electromechanical nature.

Education

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering

Illinois Institute of Technology - Chicago, IL

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering in Electrical Engineering

Illinois Institute of Technology - Chicago, IL

Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering in Mechanical Engineering

Kettering University - Flint, MI

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